Tag and guard therefor.



M. KOHN.- TAG AND GUARD THEREFOR. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 27, 1910.

1,078,733. Patented- Nov. 18, 1913,

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W MONROE KOI'IN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mormon Kornv, a citizen-of the United States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Tags and Guards Therefor, anddeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertainsto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanymgdrawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for one of its objects to produce a tag which willpermit a ring or a link of a chain to be fastened thereto in a simpleand effective manner.

A'further object of my invention is to provide a simple and novel guardfor a ringreceiving opening in a tag or other device which will permit aring to be inserted and removed at will, normally holding the ringsecurely in place so as to prevent its accidental detachment.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterizedwill hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claim; but fora full understanding of my invention and of its objects and advantages,reference may be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan of a tag blank made in accordance with my invention;Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a ring or link attachedthereto; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the tag complete with theguard for the opening receiving the detachable ring or link; Fig. 4 is aview similar to Fig. 3, showing the guard open; Fig. 5 is a view similarto Fig. 8, a

portion of the guard being broken away; Fig. 6 is a view on an enlargedscale looking toward the right in Figs. 3 and 5; Fig. 7 is an enlargedplan view of the guard; and Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 showingthe guard and a part of the tag.

Referring to the drawing, A represents a flat metal tag of any suitableform and, for the sake of brevity, I shall hereinafter refer to thismember as a tag, desiring it to be understood that thereby I mean anydevice .to which it is desired to attach one or more loops, rings orlinks, or other devices having holes therein. In one end of the memberis an opening B extending inwardly through the edge of themember. In thearrangement Specification of Letters Patent.

TAG AND GUARD THEREFOR.

shown the body of the and arranged a short distance from the adjacentedge of the tag, there being a branch opening extending therefromthrough the edge.

C is a guard pivoted on the tag at one side of the opening at 0.Generally speaking the guard comprises a portion adapted to close themouth of the opening B and a portion to abut against a part of the tagto prevent the guard from swinging in a counter-cloclnvise directionfrom the position indicated in Fig. 8, and uncovering the mouth of theopening. To secure a. link, loop or ring to the tag, the guard is swunginto the position indicated in Fig. a, uncovering the mouth of theopening; the link, loop or ring is slipped into the opening past theguard; and the guard is then swung back into its closing positionindicated in Fig. 3. A pull upon the link, loop or ring afterattachment, simply serves to press the rear end of the guard against thetag, it being impossible to pull the tag loose without breaking theguarc.

In the preferred form of catch illustrated, the guard is made ofresilient sheet metal bent so as to fit over the edge of the tagadjacent to the opening. The body of the tag is cut away so as to formfingers 0 which are adapted to lie across the mouth of the opening onopposite sides of the tag. At the other end of the guard are ears 0',which also lie on opposite sides of the tag in the closing position. Bymaking the guard of spring metal and springing the ears 0 togetherslightly at their free ends, as indicated in Fig. 7, the ears grip thetag between them in the closing position of the guard, as indicated inFig. 8, and frictionally hold the guard in place. It will now be seenthat by making the opening B in the form of a round hole having a neck,the guard fingers may overlie the neck and serve to complete thecircular contour of the main portion of the hole; thus permitting anattached ring or the like to slip freely around in the opening withoutmeeting shoulders or projections.

It is sometimes desirable to fasten one end of a chain or the likepermanently to a tag and to provide a detachable connection for theother end. The arrangement just described affords the detachableconnection and my invention also contemplates an additional feature forpermitting the perma- Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

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opening is circular nent connection to be made easily and simaly. Tothis end I form in the tag at one side of the opening B a second openingD; the metal of the tag being split between the two openings.

In making the tag blanks they are preferably stamped in a distorted formas shown in Fig. l, a lip a, forming a part of the boundary of each ofthe openings being given an ofiset so as to leave between the twoopenings a channel wide enough to permit a link or the like, E, to beintroduced into the opening D through the opening B. The lip a is thenpressed down to the position shown in Fig. 2, shutting off communicationetween the two openings ant giving to the tag its completed form.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a neat and simple arrangementfor detachably securing a ring or the'like in such a manner that itcannot be accident-ally released, together with means for quickly andeasily making a permanent connection between like parts.

While I have described in detail only a single preferred form of myinvention, 1

do not desire to be limited to the details l of this particular form,but intend to cover all devices which come within the terms employed inthe definition of my invention as set forth by the appended claim.

I claim:

A metal tag member having an opening extending inwardly through oneedge, said member having a second opening at one side of the aforesaidopening, the metal of the tag being split between said openings so as toallow a ring to be introduced into the said second opening by passing itthrough the first opening while the split portion of the tag is spreadapart and then be closed again to lock the ring in the second opening,and a guard for said first opening, the metal of the tag adjacent tosaid openings being adapted to be bent so as to close the passagebetween the openings and leave the first mentioned opening open from theedge of the tag.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

MONROE KOHN. lVitnesses:

. SYLVAN S. KOHN,

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